In reply to Beverly Stafford. My son-in-law's mother tried for years to get our shared grandkids to call her “ShinálĂ” which is the Navajo word for paternal grandmother. They were too young to call it out as cultural appropriation, but they refused, nonetheless. (She's from Arizona, but 0% Native American). Sorry you're so butthurt about […]
In reply to Doni Chamberlain. My new son-in-law taking "Towers" as his last name had no effect on my self-esteem. I knew then as I know now, it had absolutely nothing to do with honoring me. Towers is derived from the Middle English word “toure,” meaning tower. Like much of the English language, it came […]